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Herman & Yetta Geller Foundation at a glance

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Herman & Yetta Geller Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$51k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$148kHealth$92kHuman Services$62kPhilanthropy$57kEducation$32kPublic Safety & Disaster$575Animals$550Science & Tech$250Other$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $27k
$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$338k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BARNERT TEMPLE$14,841
FAMILY CONNECTIONS$12,500
JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY$7,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$5,000
PENN HILLEL FOUNDATION$5,000
VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$2,500
DWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD SCHOOL$1,750
PLAY FOR PINK$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS$500
HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT$200
Individual grant recipient$100
BEACH HEAVEN VOLUNTEER FIRE CO$100
SHINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$100
BEACH HEAVEN FIRST AID SQUAD INC$100
RAMAPO-BERGEN ANIMAL REFUGE$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 44% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%HILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $23k → 22%FAMILY CONNECTIONS: $13k → 16%HILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $13k → 22%FAMILY CONNECTIONS: $13k → 16%HILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $13k → 22%FAMILY CONNECTIONS: $13k → 16%HILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $13k → 22%FAMILY CONNECTIONS: $11k → 16%HILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5k → 22%FAMILY CONNECTIONS: $11k → 16%THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5k → 22%THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5k → 22%BARNERT TEMPLE: $15k → 7%PENN HILLEL FOUNDATION: $5k → 22%BARNERT TEMPLE: $15k → 7%PENN HILLEL FOUNDATION: $5k → 22%BARNERT TEMPLE: $15k → 7%THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5k → 22%BARNERT TEMPLE: $15k → 7%PENN HILLEL FOUNDATION: $5k → 22%PENN HILLEL FOUNDATION: $5k → 22%THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5k → 22%ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%DWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD SCHOOL: $3k → 7%VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 7%JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $7k → 7%JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $7k → 7%JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $7k → 7%JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $7k → 7%JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $7k → 7%JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $6k → 7%JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $6k → 7%JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $6k → 7%JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY: $5k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$316k · 21 repeat orgs$250 to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
1

Total granted

$316k
$250

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+28%

Still filing today

57%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyAnimalsCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • EH
    ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +56%
  • FC
    FAMILY CONNECTIONS INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $62k · revenue +76%
  • TV
    THE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $23k · revenue +157%

Funded once

  • INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $250 · revenue +28%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

To provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art patient services; emphasize caring and other human values in the treatment of patients and in relations with their families, and among employees, medical staff, and community; be a center of…

Health
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

The mission of robert wood johnson university hospital is to improve the health and well-being of the patients and communities we serve by fostering an environment of excellence in all areas including the provision of the highest quality,…

Health
4
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

Mission: to heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. values: humanity, innovation, teamwork, diversity and equity - our values define our philosophy of care. they shape our actions and motivate and…

Health
5
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
6
Philadelphia University

The organization is an affiliate within thomas jefferson university/jefferson health; a comprehensive professional university and tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), with a tripartite mission of education, research…

Education
7
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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8
Englewood Healthcare System

To coordinate and support the planning & other activities related to the promotion of health of people in englewood hospital's service area. the organization acts as the tax-exempt parent organization of a tax-exempt integrated healthcare…

Health
9
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
10
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
11
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital

To be a leader in the provision of world class patient care, teaching, research, and service to local, state, national, and international communities. newyork-presbyterian hospital is one of the nation's most comprehensive, integrated…

Health
12
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

The spirit that infuses newark beth israel medical center and children's hospital of new jersey is its commitment to excellence. our mission is to achieve this excellence through: - the delivery of primary health care to all who need our…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey Inc; the most unlike its peers is Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 24 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $65,050 · OtherHILLEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIABARNERT MEMORIAL TEMPLE: $59,125 · OtherBARNERT MEMORIAL TEMPLEPENN HILLEL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherPENN HILLEL FOUNDATION+9 more: $5,800 · OtherENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 · PhilanthropyENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENT…JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $56,800 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW J…FAMILY CONNECTIONS INC: $61,500 · HealthFAMILY CONNECTIONS INCTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $22,600 · HealthTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUN…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $20,050 · EducationTRUSTEES …DWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD SCHOOL: $9,750 · EducationDWIGHT-EN…University of Chicago: $2,500 · EducationUniversit…PLAY FOR PINK INC: $3,250 · Crime & LegalRAMAPO-BERGEN ANIMAL REFUGE INC: $550 · AnimalsHO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $275 · Public Safety & DisasterBEACH HAVEN VOLUNTEER FIRE CO: $150 · Public Safety & DisasterINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $250 · Science & Tech
Other$149,975Philanthropy$121,800Health$84,100Education$32,300Crime & Legal$3,250Animals$550Public Safety & Disaster$425Science & Tech$250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY CONNECTIONS INC: $61,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC: $56,800 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $22,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $20,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPENN HILLEL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetDWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD SCHOOL: $9,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRAMAPO-BERGEN ANIMAL REFUGE INC: $550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEACH HAVEN VOLUNTEER FIRE CO: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEACH HAVEN FIRST AID SQUAD: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds ENGLEWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds PENN HILLEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PLAY FOR PINK INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds RAMAPO-BERGEN ANIMAL REFUGE INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds HO-HO-KUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY - LOUIS BAMBERGER & MRS FELIX FULD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEACH HAVEN VOLUNTEER FIRE CO ↗
  • Who funds BEACH HAVEN FIRST AID SQUAD ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of New JerseyNJ12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Herman & Yetta Geller Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herman & Yetta Geller Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 83%
  • Family Connections Inc: 83% of income from government
  • Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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